TST: Add test for printing of scalar values.

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_scalarprint.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_scalarprint.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+""" Test printing of scalar types.
+
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+from numpy.testing import TestCase, assert_, run_module_suite
+
+
+class TestRealScalars(TestCase):
+    def test_str(self):
+        svals = [0.0, -0.0, 1, -1, np.inf, -np.inf, np.nan]
+        styps = [np.float16, np.float32, np.float64, np.longdouble]
+        actual = [str(f(c)) for c in svals for f in styps]
+        wanted = [
+             '0.0',  '0.0',  '0.0',  '0.0',
+             '-0.0', '-0.0', '-0.0', '-0.0',
+             '1.0',  '1.0',  '1.0',  '1.0',
+             '-1.0', '-1.0', '-1.0', '-1.0',
+             'inf',  'inf',  'inf',  'inf',
+             '-inf', '-inf', '-inf', '-inf',
+             'nan',  'nan',  'nan',  'nan']
+
+        for res, val in zip(actual, wanted):
+            assert_(res == val)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run_module_suite()